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From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Weight comparison memorandum for old and new type Bentley dynamos.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 88\3\  scan0177
Date  14th October 1935
  
To HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/Rn.{Mr Robinson}

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Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/FD.{Frank Dodd - Bodies}11/KW.14.10.35.

Herewith the comparative weights of the new and old type Bentley dynamos :-

Old type Bentley, ex 40/50 = 32 lbs.
New small " ex 25 HP. = 27 lbs.
Weight saved = 5 lbs.

Hs{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/F.Dodd.
  
  


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